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Standing Out on Instagram
Instagram is a great marketing tool for small businesses, reports Entrepreneur. However, the platform has 25 million businesses on it, so small businesses have to take steps to stand out.
Read more...Trade War Makes Small Business Nervous
According to the Wall Street Journal, as threats of a trade war with China heat up many small businesses are stocking up on materials and other items that might be affected by tariffs.
Read more...New Health Insurance Plan Options for Small Business
The Labor Department will expand its association health plans, reports USA Today. Association plans allow small businesses to band together to purchase health insurance in bulk, which lowers prices and mitigates risk.
Read more...Small Businesses Can't Find Workers
Paychex hiring report for March finds small business hiring down, reports the Hill. The National Federation of Independent Business reports that one-third of businesses say they have at least one open position that they have not been able to fill.
Read more...Small Business Jobs Decline
According to CNBC, there was a decrease in the Small Business Jobs Index for March. It decreased 0.12, and overall it is down 1.07 percent from last year. However, small-business wages are on the rise, growing .69 per hour.
Read more...Platform Works to Make Small Business Funding Easier
SourceFunding is working to make finding funding easier for small businesses, reports Forbes. The platform aggregates information from hundreds of lending institutions so small businesses can easily find a lender to work with them.
Read more...Despite Facebook’s recent Cambridge Analytics data sharing scandal, many small business still think Facebook is a viable, affordable marketing tool, reports Inc.com. To that end, Facebook is rolling out $1 billion in new small business initiatives.
Read more...Using Robots in Small Business
According Robotics Business Review, robots can benefit small businesses by taking on repetitive tasks, which would free humans for more important tasks.
Read more...Small Business Sites Under Cyber Attack
Small businesses websites get attacked at least 44 times per day, reports the Washington Post. The number is from security firm Sitelock’s analysis of data from six million websites, that found that bots, malware and malicious software are infecting 18 milion websites.
Read more...Salesforce Introduces New Customer Relations Tool
Salesforce has released a new set of tools to help businesses build relationships with their customers, reports Small Business Computing. The cloud based tools rely on artificial intelligence and automation so businesses can set up a customer service help desk.
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